Roads to Success, Inc.
Lobbying client
Roads to Success, Inc. is a Manhattan-based youth-development nonprofit, founded in 2001, that runs after-school programs, summer camps, a college-access and career-readiness curriculum, and Summer Youth Employment Program placements for youth mainly in the Bronx and Harlem. It reports serving 7,000 to 8,000 young people a year. It has filed 15 disclosures since 2024, registered citywide, paying London House LLC $112,000 to lobby all 51 council members on securing city budget funding, and it currently holds about $37 million in active NYC contracts as of August 2026.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $120,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $37,026,675 · 8 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $73,311,836 · 54 since 2014, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $36,356,946
- Won without a fresh bid
- 51% of contract value · $37,293,578 · 29 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $554,723 · 20 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 7 years (FY2014–FY2027), including each of the last 6
- Top officer pay (FY2022)
- $142,315 · Elizabeth Recio, Director Of Finance
Represented by lobbyist firms
- London House LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Secure Program Funding
- Budget - securing funding
City contracts
Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).
- COMPASS pPograms for Public Schools - Middle Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020278801396 $22,428,900
- COMPASS Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268800323 $5,072,758
- COMPASS Programs in Public Schools - Elementary Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020278801404 $2,448,000
- Learn and Earn RFP Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258806183 $2,286,638
- FY25 Renewal Community Schools Services - R1191 Department of Education · CT104020258804747 $1,975,654
- SYEP NAQ Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268806760 $1,365,301
- To provide Career Ready programs for youth. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268806730 $927,424
- Student Support Services Department of Education · MA104020259576156 $522,000
- COMPASS Program Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248800737 · ended 2025 $6,910,228
- Provide direct student support services and enrichment Department of Education · MA104020209078621 · ended 2024 $2,150,000
Largest payments, by purpose
The organization's largest individual city payments (roughly $25,000 and up), grouped by purpose, to show what recent money was for. This is NOT a total — smaller payments aren't listed; see “Paid to date” above for the complete amount paid against its contracts. Fiscal years 2020 and later.
- COMPASS Program Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 11 payments $2,757,808
- COMPASS Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 3 payments $2,007,338
- COMPASS Program Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 · 12 payments $1,892,150
- COMPASS programming at MS 57 176 East 115 St, NY, NY. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 · 11 payments $868,109
- COMPASS programming at Brownsville Middle School Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 · 11 payments $659,610
- Community Center NAQ Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 4 payments $567,148
- SYEP Special Initiatives Renewal Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 · 9 payments $492,640
- COMPASS programming at 154 West 93St, NY, NY 10025. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 · 9 payments $482,477
- Community Center NAQ Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 5 payments $460,344
- COMPASS middle school services at James Weldon Johnson (M057 Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 · 9 payments $458,550
- SYEP Special Initiatives Renewal Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 9 payments $431,836
- FY25 Renewal Community Schools Services - R1191 Department of Education · FY2026 · 3 payments $383,754
- COMPASS programming at Brownsville Middle School Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2022 · 7 payments $375,370
- FY25 Renewal Community Schools Services - R1191 Department of Education · FY2025 · 2 payments $346,528
- COMPASS programming at MS 57 176 East 115 St, NY, NY. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2022 · 5 payments $344,819
- Community School Services - R1191 Department of Education · FY2022 · 2 payments $341,360
- COMPASS programming at 154 West 93St, NY, NY 10025. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2022 · 5 payments $331,108
- SYEP Special Initiatives Renewal Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 5 payments $318,342
- Community School Services - R1191 Department of Education · FY2024 · 3 payments $310,037
- COMPASS middle school services at PS 333 Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 · 6 payments $309,734
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- PS 191 Out of School Time Restoration · DYCD · FY2014 $100,000
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2026 $100,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $100,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $50,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $25,000
- Public School 180M Hugo Newman (03M180) CM Jordan · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DYCD · FY2023 $20,000
- Public School 180M Hugo Newman (03M180) CM Salaam · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DYCD · FY2024 $20,000
- Public School 326K (22K326) CM Louis · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DYCD · FY2024 $20,000
- College/Career Readiness, Job Training & Placement Initiative CM Bronx Delegation · Boroughwide Needs Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $15,000
- College/Career Readiness, Job Training & Placement Initiative - Council District 8 CM Bronx Delegation · Boroughwide Needs Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $15,000
- Pandemic Support for Human Service Providers Pandemic Support for Human Service Providers · DYCD · FY2022 $14,723
- PS 191 Out of School Time Restoration · DYCD · FY2014 $10,000
- Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative CM Ayala · Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $10,000
- Job Readiness CM Sanchez · Youth · DYCD · FY2025 $10,000
- Cultural & Professional Development Programs - Council District 45 CM Louis · Cultural Immigrant Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $10,000
- Job Readiness CM Sanchez, P · Youth · DYCD · FY2026 $10,000
- Cultural & Professional Development Programs - Council District 45 CM Louis · Cultural Immigrant Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $10,000
- College/Career Readiness, Job Training & Placement Initiative CM Bronx Delegation · Boroughwide Needs Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $5,000
- Local CM Salaam · DYCD · FY2025 $5,000
- High School Transition Program - Council District 10 CM De La Rosa · Youth · DYCD · FY2027 $5,000
Funded by these council members
City Council members who steered discretionary (member-item) money to this organization, largest first (FY2020 and later, where the sponsoring member is disclosed). Sitting members link to their page.
- Farah N. Louis FY2024-2027 · 3 awards $40,000
- Yusef Salaam FY2024-2025 · 2 awards $25,000
- Jordan FY2023 · 1 award $20,000
- Ayala FY2025 · 1 award $10,000
- Sanchez FY2025 · 1 award $10,000
- Pierina Ana Sanchez FY2026 · 1 award $10,000
- Carmen N. De La Rosa FY2027 · 1 award $5,000
Officer & key-staff pay
Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2022). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
- Elizabeth Recio Director Of Finance $142,315
- Elizabeth Hamilton Chief Program Officer $130,864
- Bashan Fernandez Chief Operating Officer $117,626
- Davis Connelly Director Of Development $6,587
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +37% from FY2020 to FY2023. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.
- FY2020 Elizabeth Recio · 9.32% of revenue $151,438
- FY2021 Elizabeth Recio · 7.54% of revenue $161,351
- FY2022 Elizabeth Recio · 5.15% of revenue $142,315
- FY2023 Sheila Duke · 7.58% of revenue $180,528